Health Care Delivery System

Definition

• The totality of all policies, facilities, equipments, products, human resources and services which address the health needs problems and concerns of the people. It is large, complex, multi-level and multi-disciplinary.

Health Sectors

• Government Sectors
• Non Government Sectors
• Private Sectors

Department of Health

• Vision: Health for all by year 2000 ands Health in the Hands of the People by 2020
• Mission: In partnership with the people, provide equity, quality and access to health care esp. the marginalized

5 Major Functions:

1. 1. Ensure equal access to basic health services
   2. Ensure formulation of national policies for proper division of labor and proper coordination of operations among the government agency jurisdictions
   3. Ensure a minimum level of implementation nationwide of services regarded as public health goods
   4. Plan and establish arrangements for the public health systems to achieve economies of scale
   5. Maintain a medium of regulations and standards to protect consumers and guide providers

Primary Strategies to Achieve Health Goals

• Support for health goal
• Assurance of health care
• Increasing investment for PHC
• Development of National Standard

Milestone in Health Care Delivery System

• RA 1082 – RHU Act
• RA 1891 – Strengthen Health Services
• PD 568 – Restructuring HCDS
• RA 7160 – LGU Code

Reference: 
Ms Ma. Adelaida Morong, Far Eastern University- Institute of Nursing 
In-House Nursing Review